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J. P. GILLILAND.` BOX PRINTING MACHINE.

No. 60 3,685 n Patented May I 0 I 898.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED i.. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs E. GILLILAND, oF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR To rI-IE ADRIAN BoxCOMPANY, on sAME PLACE.

BOX-PRINTING' MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters {Batent No. 603,685, dated MayllO,1898.

f Application tiled August 6, 1897. Serial No. 647,307. (No model.)

To all whom 1375 may concern.-

Be it known that I, .I AMES F. GILLILAND, of Adrian, in the countyLenawee, in the State of Michigan, have invented new and useful yImprovements in Box-Printing Machines, of`

which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to machines for printing advertising or othermatter upon boxes.

My obj ect is to produce a machine by which I may be able to print upontwo sides of a box at substantially the same time, although as a matterof fact I first print upon one side and then immediately upon the otherWithout removing or turning the box upon the mandrel by providing meansfor bringing the printing-plates alternately into engagement with thesides of the box; and to that end my invention consists, first, inproviding a stationary mandrel to receive and hold the box in positionwhile being printed; second, in a sliding table upon which are mountedthe printing-plates adapted to be forced into engagement with the sidesof the box, and in the several other new and novel features ofconstruction and operation hereinafter described and which arespecically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed. y

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure 1 shows a side View of the machine complete.Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line X X, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view of a boxupon which printing has been made.

In the drawings I show two sides of a box which may be printed ordecorated by impression without removing the box from the mandrel.Means, as herein. described and shown, might be multiplied to print theremainin g sides of the box.

A is a base suitably mounted having an outwardly-projecting flange a atthe. top, as shown, and B is a moving or reciprocating table mounted onsaid base and adapted to be movedl to and fro by the connecting-rod b,

` is placed.

suitably connected to power in the ordinary way. A

Centrally upon the base A, I mount a man- 5o drel C, upon which the boxa to be printed `D are brackets mounted upon the table B, having meansfor adjusting them to any position desired and also means for securing'55 them to the table B. Upon the inner face of these brackets D aremounted the printingplates c, which are adapted to come into contactwith the sides of the box a. Upon the brackets D are hinged arms e,having their 6o upper ends secured to the rod E, and e' areinking-rollers adapted to traverse the face of the printing-plates c,being mounted upon rods f, which rods are yieldingly mounted to s thebrackets g, so as to permit of the rods f playing to and fro, so as topermit the inkingrollers to pass upon the ink-distributing plate F, thesaid plate being mounted upon an arm h, extending from the brackets D,and suitable means provided for rotating it.

My invention is operated as follows: I irst -place a box a upon themandrel C. As the printing-plate c comes into engagement with the boxthe inking-rollers move upward upon the yplate c and finally pass overonto the inkdistributing plate F, and as the printingplates recede fromthe box the inking-rollers will pass down over the plate, and while thisis being done upon one side the printingplate upon the opposite sidecomes up into 8o engagement with the box and prints it.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a machine for printing upon boxes, a base having a stationarymandrel mounted thereon, and a sliding table and means for reciprocatingsaid table upon said base, printing plates mounted upon said table, andadapted to be brought alternately into en- 9o gagement with the sides ofthe box as set forth.

2. In a machine for printing upon boxes, a base having a stationarymandrel mounted thereon, a sliding table on said base and xo forreciprocating the same, printing-plates mounted on said table, and meansfor automatically inking said plate With the movement of the table,substantially as described for the purposes set forth.-

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 15 hand this 27th day of July,1897.

JAMES F. GILLILAND. In presence of- GEORGE A. DoUNoE, HOWARD P. DENIsoN.

